Clinical Nurse Specialist Team Leader - Corneal Service
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The closing date is 24 November 2025
Managing nursing team in Corneal service within Ophthalmology.
Manage Crosslinking Service, supporting the staff and assisting in the treatments.
Perform Corneal Fluorescein Angiography/IV infusions.
To develop the Nurse‑led Service.
Act as a mentor for junior staff/student nurses/apprenticeships.
Manage the smooth running of the clinics.
Contribute to Research, Audit and Practice Development.
Main duties of the job
Manage sickness, recruitment, appraisals and mandatory training of nursing team. Support junior Doctors, student nurses and imaging staff. Ensure smooth running of clinics, Crosslinking service, Eximer Laser and nurse‑led clinics.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities – from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award‑winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single‑site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
Job responsibilities
The Clinical Nurse Specialist Team Leader will act as the clinical expert and professional resource to the Multi‑Professional team, patients and carers within the Corneal Service. The post holder will take overall responsibility to develop the specialist area of practice in partnership with other members of the speciality team (General Manager, Lead Clinician, Matron, Service Manager, etc.) and will work collaboratively to develop services and quality of care delivered.
The post holder will be expected to provide first‑line management and lead a team of specialist nurses (Sisters). This will be achieved through the core dimensions of the role – clinical practice leadership, acting as the patient advocate and through audit and education.
The post holder will carry responsibility for either a defined caseload or offering highly specialist service advice. This will include setting standards of care, the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.
The post holder will contribute to achieving the objectives of the clinical service group / speciality corporate objectives and work within the clinical governance framework.
They will lead the development and delivery of a programme of practice and professional development for staff within the speciality.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Post‑basic specialist Qualification relevant to speciality
* Recognised Teaching Qualification
* First Degree
* Research qualification
* Masters
Experience
* Demonstrable Post‑Reg. experience
* Evidence of undertaking the relevant speciality successfully at Band 6
* Extensive clinical experience
* Evidence of the application of management / leadership skills and managing staff
* Experience as Specialist Sister
* Participation in research
Knowledge
* Teaching / assessment skills
* Organisation and negotiation skills
* Evidence of audit and change management ability
* Ability to motivate self and others
* Evidence of leading and facilitating change
* ECDL
Other
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Diplomatic
* Assertive and confident
* Personal and professional maturity
* Recognition of own limitations
* Ability to work both on own initiative and within a team
* Flexibility
* Able to travel between sites
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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